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<span class=large>THE REVELATION</span><br/> OF ST JOHN THE DIVINE
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CHAPTER 13
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John sees fierce-looking beasts which represent degenerate earthly kingdoms controlled by Satan—The devil works miracles and deceives men.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="rev/13/1a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Rev. 13: 1 And I saw another sign, in the likeness of the kingdoms of the earth; a beast rise up out of the sea, and he stood upon the sand of the sea, having seven heads  . . ."><span class='smallcaps'>And</span></a> I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the <sup>b</sup><a href="rev/13/1b" mark="b" type="A" title="Dan. 7: 3 (3-7).">sea</a>, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
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And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as <i>the feet</i> of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his <sup>a</sup><a href="rev/13/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Luke 4: 6.">power</a>, and his seat, and great authority.
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And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
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And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the <sup>a</sup><a href="rev/13/4a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Babylon.">beast</a>: and they <sup>b</sup><a href="rev/13/4b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Worship.">worshipped</a> the beast, saying, Who <i>is</i> like unto the beast?  who is able to make war with him?
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And there was given unto him a <sup>a</sup><a href="rev/13/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="Dan. 7: 8.">mouth</a> speaking great things and <sup>b</sup><a href="rev/13/5b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Blasphemy; TG False Doctrine.">blasphemies</a>; and power was given unto him to continue forty <i>and</i> two months.
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And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his <sup>a</sup><a href="rev/13/6a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Name.">name</a>, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
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And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and <sup>a</sup><a href="rev/13/7a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG False Priesthoods.">power</a> was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
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And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the <sup>a</sup><a href="rev/13/8a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Book of Life.">book</a> of life of the <sup>b</sup><a href="rev/13/8b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Lamb of God.">Lamb</a> slain from the <sup>c</sup><a href="rev/13/8c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Foreordination.">foundation</a> of the world.
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If any man have an ear, let him hear.
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He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that <sup>a</sup><a href="rev/13/10a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Blood, Shedding of; TG Retribution.">killeth</a> with the sword must be killed with the sword.  Here is the <sup>b</sup><a href="rev/13/10b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Patience.">patience</a> and the faith of the <sup>c</sup><a href="rev/13/10c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Saints.">saints</a>.
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And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
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And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
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And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
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And <sup>a</sup><a href="rev/13/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 24: 24; Rev. 19: 20; 2 Ne. 28: 21 (6-21); D&C 52: 14.">deceiveth</a> them that dwell on the earth by <i>the means of</i> those <sup>b</sup><a href="rev/13/14b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Miracles.">miracles</a> which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
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And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
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And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
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And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
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Here is <sup>a</sup><a href="rev/13/18a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 10: 34 (34-35); D&C 57: 9.">wisdom</a>.  Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number <i>is</i> Six hundred threescore <i>and</i> six.
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